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Jan/Feb 2022 | Vol. 79 No. 1

DKG INTERNATIONAL EDUCATORS FOUNDATION COLUMN

Foundation Funding at Work: Scholarship Fund

o you have personal and professional expectations? Do you like to learn, grow,
Dand study? Are you actively engaged as a DKG member, involved in committee
participation or leadership roles, including holding an office? Have you attended confer-
ences and conventions? If so, our Society offers numerous scholarships to assist your educational goals while
fulfilling our fifth Purpose: “To endow scholarships to aid outstanding women educators in pursuing graduate
study and grant fellowships to non-member women educators.”
Being aware of scholarship opportunities for doctoral study and advanced degrees is prudent. As many
as 31 scholarships are awarded each year to members pursuing advanced degrees. Scholarships for those

pursuing a doctorate provide $10,000; those seeking other graduate studies are eligible for $6,000. The schol-
arship application process, requirements, and application form are all available at www.dkg.org. Completed
application packets are due on February 1, 2022. You are encouraged to apply and to encourage other members
to apply. We all celebrate and honor achievement!
What might be the impact of receiving an international scholarship from DKG? Recent recipients share these
poignant thoughts:
“As a single teacher I was pursuing a doctoral degree and struggling to pay bills and fund my studies. I

strongly encourage members pursuing a degree to apply for a scholarship. A word of advice: keep a small
notebook of all your activities within our Society, from chapter to state to regional to international. Keep
up with every position you hold on a committee or leadership role held and when you held it. This will
keep you from struggling to remember what and when you participated in DKG. Also, have another person
read and edit your application, ensuring that you have not
omitted any critical information and that your grammar is DKGIEF Envelope Campaign
correct.” – Betsy Sullivan, Mississippi he DKG International Educators
“I was so thrilled and honored to receive the scholarship to TFoundation (DKGIEF) is sponsoring
allow me to pursue my master’s degree and get my gifted its second annual Envelope Campaign.
You will find the envelope inside your re-
and talented endorsement. I had hoped to do this, but the cent copy of the Collegial Exchange. Last
cost did not allow me to pursue it. I was excited to finally year, we raised $11,092 for the work of the
begin the degree program and receive the DKG support. Foundation. Your individual donation will
Having scholarship opportunities is a wonderful benefit benefit any of the following opportunities
of DKG membership that allows women to pursue goals that are part of the work of the Foundation:
Cornetet Award
and dreams of professional growth.” – Kristin Merkle, Iowa Educational Projects
This biennium, the International Scholarship Committee has Educators Award Fund

adopted the theme “One Scholarship at a Time…Building DKG For- Emergency Fund
ward.” How fortunate that our Society has generous members and Eunah Temple Holden Leadership Fund
the faithful stewardship of DKGIEF to assure scholarship funding Golden Gift Fund
to members. Support the educational progress of members by International Speakers Fund
Scholarship Fund
donating to the Scholarship Fund. Visit www.dkg.org > DKGIEF to World Fellowship Fund
donate to this fund or any of the other eight funding opportunities Area of Greatest Need
managed by the Foundation. Thank you for helping to educate the world!

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